IM Motors launches L6 sedan starting at $31,800 and boasting more than 620 miles range

08 April 2024

Today IM Motors has fully announced its latest EV, the L6 sedan, which was first presented in Geneva in February. This is its fourth production vehicle and its second sedan. Prices start at CNY 230,000 (about $31,800 at the current exchange rates), and go all the way up to CNY 330,000 ($45,600). There will be three versions, with the third slotting in between at CNY 300,000 ($41,500).

The most expensive option is apparently due to be equipped with a "quasi-900V" ultra-fast charging semi-solid-state battery. It will apparently support peak charging power of 400 kW and will get you 249 miles of CLTC range in 12 minutes. IM Motors boasts that the L6 will be the world's first sedan to be equipped with this tech. The semi-solid-state battery will have a capacity of 130 kWh and a CLTC range of more than 620 miles, though, as always, do keep in mind that CLTC range numbers are by far the most unrealistic around.

If you get the entry-level option or the mid-level one, you'll have a 90 kWh battery pack for the former and a 100 kWh battery pack for the latter. These will be advertised with 435 miles to 478 miles of range, once again using the CLTC standard.

The L6 is 194.1 inches long, 77.2 inches wide, 1,474 mm tall, and has a wheelbase of 116.1 inches. That makes it similar to, but slightly larger than, the Tesla Model 3 and the Zeekr 007.

The L6 is offered with both rear-wheel drive (with a single motor) and all-wheel drive (with dual motors), the former producing 216 kW / 289 hp of power, the latter jumping to 579 kW / 776 hp.

Inside, the car has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295P chip and Nvidia's Orin X chip powering it, a non-round steering wheel, and plenty of huge screens as you can see. IM Motors also claims the car has an "intelligent digital chassis", which allows it to do the crab walk.

While the L6 will probably never be offered outside of China under the IM brand, we recently heard that its cars could be sold internationally under the MG brand, owned by SAIC, one of China's auto giants, which also has the controlling stake in IM Motors.

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